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May 27 is the inauguration of mass murderer Omar Al Bashir and the UN announced that the head of the UN Mission in Sudan, Haile Menkerios will attend the ceremony. This is an ill-conceived idea which appears to confer legitimacy on a mass murderer and, worse, it is rubbing salt in the wounds of the three million survivors of unimaginable atrocities who are languishing in miserable camps across Darfur and eastern Chad.

It is not surprising that the head of the African Union/UN Mission, Ibrahim Gambari, also plans to be there. The Arab League and African Union have expressed complete solidarity with Al Bashir and given him a warm welcome in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Doha, Libya, Eritrea and Ethiopia. But we expect better of the UN.

Call the UN. Ask to speak to the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice. Ask to speak to Ban Ki Moon. Leave messages--on behalf of the people of Darfur.